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« on: April 08, 2017, 09:02:23 PM » |
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No. Lots of (mainly white) people claim to love MLK, jr. today for two main reasons:
1. He's the only Civil Rights leader they know.
2. His words and actions are warped or outright fabricated to fit their political agenda.
If MLK, jr. was not assassinated, it's likely he would have been viewed negatively by a lot of whites. Indeed, he was anti-war and left wing. The New York Times criticized him for protesting the war in 1967 and also for his orchestration of protests in Northern cities.
If King were alive today, as unlikely as that might be, many on the right would dislike him or perhaps even outright hate him. His record and beliefs are twisted so much today to fit political agendas that the real Dr. King would be unrecognizable to millions of Americans.
So, no, not a chance.
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